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1260 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1895.

Costs of a creditor who has preserved by legal proceedings property of the debtor for the benefit of the credit- ore generally.

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2. Whenever the Court shall be satisfied that property of a debtor in respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made has been preserved for the benefit of the creditors by means of legal proceedings brought by a creditor against the debtor without notice of any available act of bank- ruptcy committed by the debtor, the Court may, in its discretion, order the payment of the costs of such legal proceedings or any part of them (taxed as between party and party) out of the estate, with the same priority as to payment as is provided in respect of the taxed costs of the petitioner.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th day of December, 1895.

J. G. T. BoCKLE, Aoting Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 11th day of December, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

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Ordinance to be construed with 17 of 1887.

Penalty for unlawfully passing

animals into slaughter- houses

without inspection, &c.

No. 25 of 1895.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to further amend The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-Houses, and Markets Ordinance, 1887.

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WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

[11th December, 1895.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed with The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-Houses, and Markets Ordi- nance, 1887, (as amended by Ordinances No. 23 of 1890 and No. 12 of 1894).

2. If any person passes or attempts to pass into any of the slaughter-houses of the Colony any animal which has not been inspected, passed and (in the case of sheep or cattle), marked with the Broad Arrow mark by an officer duly authorized by the Government to perform such duties, such animal may be detained by any officer on duty at the Slaughter-house, and such person and also the owner of such animal shall each be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprison- ment with hard labour for a period not exceeding three months, and the Magistrate may order the animal to be for- feited to the Crown and thereupon it may be dealt with as the Governor may determine.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th day of December, 1895.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 11th day of December, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.